Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Can someone please explain the hostility at DU to me? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)At least in terms of many of the more vocal participants.
To put it in perspective, there are people here who were convinced that Dennis Kucinich would be POTUS one day. UTTERLY convinced. They'd get pissed off if you tried to introduce a small measure of reality and probability to the discussion. They allowed bias towards their candidate to cloud their judgment. They are not representative of the bulk of the party, but they are vocal and they want to be heard. No harm in letting them talk, so long as they do it without vitriol.
Also, during primary season, new people will sign up here. Some are interested in political discussion, others are interested in political disruption. It's hard to sort them out at times. Usually you just have to wait a bit, and the trolls will show themselves. Sometimes, though, they bubble just under the surface for a long, long time, and they manage to keep their disruptive tenor just under the level where alarm bells sound and they're 'outed' as shit stirrers.